Vernon Field Arrested Over Alleged Abduction
Vernon W. Field of Chester was arrested in Rutland on a complaint by State's Attorney Collins M. Graves accusing him of inducing Mary Blair to accompany him to Troy New York for immoral purposes. Field had been tarred and feathered January 26 at East Arlington and ordered to leave town over alleged improper attentions to a married woman.
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Rutland
Vernon W. Field
Chester
East Arlington
Collins M. Graves
Bennington
Field
Mary Blair
Harold Blair
Arlington
Troy
N. Y
Edward Shannahan
Rules Committee Demands Commonwealth Pier Lease Details
The House committee on rules yesterday instructed the State Department of Public Works to supply detailed information on the operation of Commonwealth Pier. The inquiry focuses on leasing space for storage and the information must be provided to the Legislature by February 23.
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State Department of Public Works
Commonwealth Pier
Boston rules committee abeyance on Hearn pier probe
The rules committee paused its decision on Representative William Hearn of East Boston urging an investigation of the public works department. At the first hearing, National Dock and Warehouse Company condemned leasing pier space to Atlantic Storage and Warehouse, saying it hampered port shipping. A departmental letter urged full understanding but warned the Hearn move appears political and could hinder public service efficiency.
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Rules Committee
William H. Hearn
East Boston
Public Works Department
National Dock & Warehouse Company
Plier
Atlantic Storage & Warehouse Company
Boston
John N. Cole
Jesse B. Baxter
Richard K. Hale
Division of Waterways and Public Lands
Hearn
Dedicate New Home for Italian Children
Cardinal O Connell spoke after the mass and blessing of the Home for Italian Children on Centre Street Jamaica Plain saying charity is the foundation of Christianity and needed to cultivate giving. He blessed the two and a half story house formerly the Gahm estate that will house 26 children with Italian priests in attendance.
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Cardinal O'Connell
Centre Street
Jamaica Plain
Richard J. Haberlin
Anthony Sousa
Monsignor
Splaine
Edwards
Gahm
Cardinal O’connell
Brewery wins right to use the word lager on labels
Federal Judge Walter Evans ruled the Louisville brewery may use the word lager on its cereal beverage labels. The decision rejects Internal Revenue Service limits that barred beer ale porter and their synonyms including lager bock and stout, saying the commissioner exceeded authority under the Volstead act.
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Louisville
Walter Evans
Department of Internal Revenue
Commissioner of Internal Revenue
Coal unions oppose Calder bill in Senate hearing
Washington February 10 Samuel Gompers AFL president told a Senate committee that organized labor will remain opposed to the Calder bill for government regulation of the coal industry unless trade unions are affirmatively and definitely excluded from the measure.
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Washington
Organized Labor
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor Today
Senate
Coal federation chief faces heated session over coal pricing claims
The federation chief's statement and extended debate followed Representative Huddleston of Alabama alleging wholesale looting of the public and the National Coal Association's role in price fixing. J D A Morrow denied the charge as Chairman LaFollette pressed for original records from W B Reed, secretary of the association, those documents reportedly could not be produced.
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Huddleston
Alabama
National Coal Association
J. D. A. Morrow
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Coal Association
LaFollette
W. B. Reed
Association
Calder Senate committee raids prompt record editing claim
The association’s lawyer reviewed all records before permanent filing and Chairman LaFollette called it attorney editing. Morrow said Calder committee spent two days and two nights in their offices and seized all records on December 18, while Huddleston promised to return tomorrow with the transcript in his possession as President Gompers reiterated his general stance.
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Reed
LaFollette
Huddleston
Gompers
Calder bill criticized as step backward for labor
The chairman warned that the Calder bill, as applied to labor, would undermine trust law and the Lever Act for wartime food and fuel control, turning regulation against workers and labor rights. The remark framed the regulative legis as a backward move in labor protections.
Waltham Bridge to Be Rebuilt
Moody Street bridge in Waltham will be reconstructed with work starting in about six weeks. The project costs around 25000 dollars and traffic will not be diverted as engineers rebuild one half of the bridge at a time.
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Waltham
Waltham City Hall
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